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1 Webster Cash, University of Colorado W. Cash University of Colorado 1
2 An Alternative to TPF Webster Cash Jim Green Eric Schindhelm Nishanth Rajan Jeremy Kasdin Bob Vanderbei David Spergel Ed Turner Sara Seager Alan Stern Steve Kilston Erik Wilkinson Mike Leiber Jim Leitch Jon Arenberg Ron Polidan Chuck Lillie Willard Simmons University of Colorado Princeton University Carnegie Institution Washington Southwest Research Institute Boulder Ball Aerospace Northrop Grumman MIT and growing W. Cash University of Colorado 2
3 W. Cash University of Colorado 3
4 Exo-Planets Exo-planets are the planets that circle stars other than our Sun. There are probably 10,000 exo-planets within 10pc (30 light years) of the Earth. Planets are lost in the glare of parent star. The Earth as viewed from light years is 10 billion times fainter than the Sun. W. Cash University of Colorado 4
5 Planet Finding: Extinguish the Star Courtesy of N-G W. Cash University of Colorado 5
6 Terrestrial Planet Finder Telescopes must be PERFECT to suppress scatter: l/5000 surface, % reflection uniformity TPF is very difficult Is there any easier way? W. Cash University of Colorado 6
7 vs. New Worlds Observer Two Levels of Difficulty New Worlds Observer Two Spacecraft Goal is Finding Planets Science from Photometry and Spectroscopy Technology is In-Hand Today Five Spacecraft Goal is True Imaging of Earth-like Planets MUCH Tougher Technology years out W. Cash University of Colorado 7
8 Initially New Worlds was a Pinhole Camera Perfect Transmission No Phase Errors Scatter only from edges can be very low Large Distance Set by 0.01 arcsec requirement diffraction: λ/d =.01 D = geometric: F = D/tan(.01 ) = 180,000km W. Cash University of Colorado 8
9 Diffraction Still a Major Problem for Pinhole Answer: Shape the Aperture (Binary Apodization) Developed by Princeton Group for Apertures W. Cash University of Colorado 9
10 The Occulter Option Smaller Starshade Create null zone, image around occulter Observe entire planetary system at once W. Cash University of Colorado 10
11 The Diffraction Problem Returns Several previous programs have looked at occulters Used simple geometric shapes Achieved only 10-2 suppression across a broad spectral band With transmissive shades Achieved only 10-4 suppression despite scatter problem BOSS Starkman (TRW ca 2000) W. Cash University of Colorado 11
12 Extinguishing Poisson s Spot Occulters Have Very Poor Diffraction Performance The 1818 Prediction of Fresnel led to the famous episode of: Poisson s Spot (variously Arago s Spot) Occulters Often Concentrate Light! Must satisfy Fresnel Equation, Not Just the Fraunhoffer Equation Must Create a Zone That Is: Deep Below diffraction Wide A couple meters minimum Broad Suppress across at least one octave of spectrum Must Be Practical Binary Non-transmitting to avoid scatter Size Below 150m Diameter Tolerance Insensitive to microscopic errors W. Cash University of Colorado 12
13 The Vanderbei Flower Developed for Aperture in TPF focal plane Was to be only 25m across Vanderbei had determined it would work for the pinhole camera but did not work for occulter. W. Cash University of Colorado 13
14 The Apodization Function Found this in April. Extended in June. This Function Extinguishes Poisson s Spot to High Precision ( ) 0 ρ < r A ρ = for 1 and A ρ ( ) = 1 e ρ r r n for ρ > r 1 W. Cash University of Colorado 14
15 Suppression of Edge Diffraction Can Be Understood Using Fresnel Zones and Geometry The occulter is a true binary optic Transmission is unity or nil Edge diffraction from solid disk is suppressed by cancellation The power in the even zones cancels the power in the odd zones Need enough zones to give good deep cancellation Sets the length of the petals Petal shape is exponential ~exp(-((r-r 1 )/r 2 ) 2n ) r 2 is scale of petal shape n is an index of petal shape r 1 is the diameter of the central circle r 2 r 1 W. Cash University of Colorado 15
16 The Residual Intensity in the Shadow is By Babinet s Principle So We Must Show Doing the Math (Cash, 2005) E s = 1 E A I s = E 2 s where E A is field over Aperture k 2π d 2 n r ikρ ikρscosθ π ikρ ikρscosθ ρ r1 r2 2π 2 2d d 2d d e e ρdρdθ + e e e ρdρdθ = d is distance to starshade, s is radius of hole, k is 2p/l r 1 To one part in C 10 5 W. Cash University of Colorado 16
17 Contrast Ratio Preceding integral shows the contrast ratio is R ( n) 2! dλ 2n = 2n 2n r r 2π n is an integer parameter, currently n=4 To keep R small r 1 ~r 2 this is the reason the occulter has that symmetric look W. Cash University of Colorado 17
18 Off Axis Performance The off axis performance shows a rapid rise to unit transmission for the radii greater than the inner edge of the habitable zone Shadow Profile 0-2 Log 10 Contrast n=6 n= n= Radius (meters) W. Cash University of Colorado 18
19 Modified Rendering W. Cash University of Colorado 19
20 Standard Observatory Views the Starshade ~0.1 resolution is needed (just to separate planets) High efficiency, low noise spectrograph (e.g. COS) W. Cash University of Colorado 20
21 Count rate estimation Assuming visible solar flux and a half-earth viewed at 10 pc, C F S r E 2 D T 2 ε γ d S 2 Can achieve 5 counts per second with 80% efficient 10 meter telescope Telescope Time required for S/N=10 detection 1 me ter 33.3 minutes 2 me ter 8.3 minutes 4 me ter 2.1 minutes 8 me ter 31 seconds W. Cash University of Colorado 21
22 Another Issue: Scattered Light Sunlight Scatters Off Starshade Can be Controlled in Multiple Ways Look at right angles to sun Sun Imposes restrictions on revisit times Operate in shadow Earth s umbra With additional shade Likely hard at L2 Easier in heliocentric orbit Target W. Cash University of Colorado 22
23 Position Lateral Distance Angle Rotational Pitch/Yaw Shape Truncation Starshade Tolerances Several Meters Many Kilometers None Many Degrees 1mm Scale 10% Blob 3cm 2 or greater Holes Single Hole 3cm 2 Pinholes 3cm 2 total W. Cash University of Colorado 23
24 Fly the Telescope into the Shadow W. Cash University of Colorado 24
25 Dropping It In W. Cash University of Colorado 25
26 Typical Observing Timeline Alignment 3 days Travel Other astrophysics Deep Photometry 1 day Find Planets Preliminary Spectroscopy 1 day Classify Planets Detailed Studies 3 days Search for Deep Spectroscopy Water Extended Photometry Surface Features Life?! Return After Months Measure Orbits New Planets from Glare W. Cash University of Colorado 26
27 The First Image of Solar System Uranus Galaxies Zodiacal Light Jupiter Saturn Neptune 10 arcseconds W. Cash University of Colorado 27
28 Great Science with Small Telescopes Lower limit on telescope size set by need to acquire adequate signal and resolve planets from one another 1 m diameter telescope needed to see 30M object in minutes Resolution of 0.1 arcsec 2 m diameter gives count rate 0.2 sec-1 for Earth at 10 pc at half illumination Uranus Earth Jupiter Saturn Mars Neptune 50,000 seconds 400,000 seconds W. Cash University of Colorado 28
29 Zodiacal light Planet detectability depends on system inclination and telescope resolution Face-on 0.3 AU 2 patch of zodi equal to Earth s brightness Zodiacal light can wash out planets at low inclinations W. Cash University of Colorado 29
30 Zodiacal Light 0.05 IWA Pole-on Edge-on W. Cash University of Colorado 30
31 Spectroscopy R > 100 spectroscopy will distinguish terrestrial atmospheres from Jovian with modeling H 2 O O 2 CH 4 NH 3 S. Seager W. Cash University of Colorado 31
32 Photometry Calculated Photometry of Cloudless Earth as it Rotates It Should Be Possible to Detect Oceans and Continents! W. Cash University of Colorado 32
33 Alternate Operations Concepts Ground based telescope Relay mirror at GEO South Pole Space based telescope As JWST instrument Dedicated telescope and mission W. Cash University of Colorado 33
34 Propulsion Station keeping Occulter and Detector Craft Functions Alignment establishment and maintenance Measurement and reporting of relative location Data transfers Pointing requirements dependent on tolerancing of occulter Pointing error results in an error in the occulter shape by projection What is the role of the ground in directing the two SC? Cost trade? W. Cash University of Colorado 34
35 Formation Flying Simulation Largest problem is solar radiation pressure Pinhole craft s cross sectional area: 7150 m² Craft will be thrown out of libration point orbit after several days Total stationkeeping? V [m/s] L 4 L 2 L 5 20,000 km 200,000 km L 1 L 2 Number of burns during exposure 20,000 km L L L 5 200,000 km W. Cash University of Colorado 35
36 Formation Flying Simulation Stationkeeping?V estimated in STK/Astrogator Detector craft assumed active; pinhole craft assumed passive Control box of 10 cm half-width defined Active S/C thrusts when box boundaries reached Gravity of Earth, Sun, Moon included, plus solar radiation pressure Separations of 20,000 km and 200,000 km considered at Earth-Sun L 2 and L 5 h Detector Detector craft center of mass Pinhole Control box [inertially fixed with respect to optics craft] W. Cash University of Colorado 36
37 EELV 5 meter heavy Up tp 150 m New Worlds Observer Will Fit in an ELV Heavy Generic L2 Bus W. Cash University of Colorado 37
38 New Worlds Deploys Like Solar Arrays Simple, robust, proven deployment scheme Simple low cost solar array style deployment W. Cash University of Colorado 38
39 TRUE PLANET IMAGING 3000 km 1000 km 300 km 100 km Earth Viewed at Improving Resolution W. Cash University of Colorado 39
40 Solar System Survey at 300km Resolution W. Cash University of Colorado 40
41 NWI Concept starshades 50,000km combiner collector craft 1500km W. Cash University of Colorado 41
42 Holding the Array field star beams Delay Lines Mixers - Detectors primary collector planet beams field star collimator planet collimator to combiner W. Cash University of Colorado 42
43 Planet Q-Ball Imperfection visible with adequate signal One Imperfection Fringes as Telescopes Separate Information is there: We will study the realistic limits of two element interferometers W. Cash University of Colorado 43
44 Resolution Limitation Set By Signal At 10 km resolution the interferometer is photon-limited Need Much Bigger Telescopes Too Expensive W. Cash University of Colorado 44
45 The Phase II Study Two Year Study Began on September 1 Observer Mode Well Understood Complete Architecture Study Completed in First Year Laboratory Demonstration of Diffraction Suppression Imager Mode More Difficult Will Study Requirements in Detail Will Look for Ways to Make the Mission More Affordable W. Cash University of Colorado 45
46 Conclusion By 2011 By 2018 H 2 O O 2 W. Cash University of Colorado 46
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